Mark 1:30 (GNV)

Passage

And Symons wiues mother lay sicke of a feuer, and anon they told him of her.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:28 And immediatly his fame spred abroade throughout all the region bordering on Galile.

Mark 1:29 And assoone as they were come out of the Synagogue, they entred into the house of Symon and Andrew, with Iames and Iohn.

Mark 1:30 And Symons wiues mother lay sicke of a feuer, and anon they told him of her.

Mark 1:31 And he came and tooke her by the hand, and lifted her vp, and the feuer forsooke her by and by, and shee ministred vnto them.

Mark 1:32 And whe euen was come, at what time the sunne setteth, they brought to him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with deuils.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "symons", "wiues", "mother", "sicke", "feuer", "anon", and "told". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "symons" and "wiues", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "And assoone as they were come out..." into verse 31's "And he came and tooke her by...", so "symons" and "wiues" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "symons" and "wiues" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.